Post #347944 by tikibars on Wed, Dec 5, 2007 4:16 PM

Sounds great, Tim.

I have been evangelizing the virtues of the ATR (as you call it) since 2001.

Someone emailed the old Tiki Bar Review Pages and told me about this place waaaay back in 1995 or 1996, and it took me until 2001 to make it over there. I figured that a Tiki Bar in a barn on a farm could not possibly be worth the trip - I was definitely wrong.
As soon as I set foot in the place for the first time in 2001, I knew that I had found the last great undiscovered classic Tiki palace (undiscovered, that is, by the Polynesian Pop community).
Off hand, I can't think of any others of similar or superior quality that - at that time - had not been brought to light by either the TBRP, Tiki News, or the old Yahoo TC. I miss that feeling of discovery, now that all of the greats have been discovered and catalogued.

Carol Andris is a really sweet lady (she and Polly Walls from Omni Hut really need to get together - they're spirit sistas). The facelift that Carol gave the place last year brings out the Tiki elements without destroying anything old or classic. The new drink menu is great.

I am so glad that someone is doing an intimate event out there.

My advance 2008 agenda puts me in Japan that week, but I just may consider postponing my trip for a few days!